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Growth of young-of-the-year European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus, L.) in the Bay of Biscay

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Title: Growth of young-of-the-year European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus, L.) in the Bay of Biscay
Authors: Naroa Aldanondo, Unai Cotano, Egoitz Etxebeste
Source: Scientia Marina, Vol 75, Iss 2, Pp 227-235 (2011)
Publisher Information: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2011.
Publication Year: 2011
Collection: LCC:Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
Subject Terms: bay of biscay, early life stage, european anchovy, fish length-otolith radius relationship, growth, otolith, Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling, SH1-691
Description: Otolith daily increment analysis was used to describe the first growth season of young-of-the-year anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus L.) in the Bay of Biscay. Anchovy larvae and juveniles were sampled during their growth season over a three year period (2004, 2005 and 2006). A logistic curve was fitted to the length at age data. At the end of the first year of growth, length was 168.3 mm, with a maximum growth rate of 1.85 mm day -1 for 73 days after hatching. Moreover, a Gompertz growth model was applied to estimate otolith growth parameters. At the end of the first year the otolith radius was 1759 μm, with a maximum growth increment of 22.19 μm day-1 observed 56 days after hatching. Standard length and otolith radius were closely related; however, this relationship showed a characteristic change from exponential in the larval stage to linear in the juvenile stage.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 0214-8358
1886-8134
Relation: http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1248; https://doaj.org/toc/0214-8358; https://doaj.org/toc/1886-8134
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2011.75n2227
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/3ba16b8007214c1aaab300d7641238f5
Accession Number: edsdoj.3ba16b8007214c1aaab300d7641238f5
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
Description
ISSN:02148358
18868134
DOI:10.3989/scimar.2011.75n2227